Hooked on School Success CD-ROM Learning System

client: Hooked on Phonics

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Gateway Learning, now part of Educate, Inc., publisher of the well-known Hooked on Phonics learning system, selected S2N to help them develop Hooked on School Success, a multiple-CD program designed to teach children the study skills used to write, improve test scores, and minimize homework time.

S2N Media developed interactive games, including multiple user tracking, character design and animation, lip sync, visual design, architecture, music and audio integration, Flash, Director, and custom programming, creation of installers, internal testing, debugging, and mastering. Our team also created a custom content management system that integrated thousands of text and audio files for unique content words with multiple game engines. This allowed both flexible development and cost management. In addition our team delivered graphic styles that were used by the packaging designers to carry the visual identity into all the print materials.

The resulting application has become a flagship product for the company, winning multiple awards including Learning Magazine’s Teacher’s Choice Award.